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The Immortal Prince 23
~VaelaFor a blissful, quiet moment, I'm not in pain, wrapped in a blanket of warmth.And then it's brutally disrupted.“Vaela….Come on Vae, wake up.”There are hands on my shoulders, shaking me frantically. Gasping, I sit up, spitting water out from my mouth, eyes flying open.“What’s going on?” I choke out, clutching my throat.Hale is next to me, silver eyes wider than I’ve ever seen as he searches my face, hands clutching the edge of the bath tightly. He seems to click that I’m okay, his shoulders deflating.He rests his head against the edge of the tub. “You’re alive. Thank fuck.”“What happened?” I question, rubbing the blurriness from my eyes.Memories cautiously approach me. I was sick, on the verge of death, and now I’m sitting in a tepid bath, staring back at a horrified Pureblood.“You fell asleep in the tub. Your head was slipping under the water." He sounds breathless. Reaching behind me, I touch my wet hair, realising that he is right, I could have died had he not return
The Immortal Prince 24
~VaelaEyla smooths over the paper she has stuck to the wall in the book room, twisting back around.Hale and I sit on different chairs, having been summoned in here moments ago by my eager friend. We exchange amused glances, as Eyla pops the top off her marker, straightening.“Okay, so here’s the plan.”“This should be good," Hale murmurs over the top of his glass.“To find your mate, we are going to have to narrow down our searches. Now tell us, Vaela, what do you look for in a mate?” Eyla asks, raising a quizzical brow in my direction.Startled, I look toward Hale for help, but he merely shrugs his shoulders, smirking as he takes a long drink.“You know this isn’t how I find a mate. It could be anyone,” I remind her. I have no intuition about who my mate could be at all.Eyla rolls her eyes at my lack of cooperation. “This will help, trust me. Law of attraction.”“I don’t think that applies here," Hale muses.Eyla's fist clenches around her marker a little tighter. “We can do witho
The Immortal Prince 25
-Mature Content Warning! Read At Your Own Discretion-~VaelaDays turned into weeks.Hale brought Eyla up as often as he could, but I’m restless. The blizzard hasn't settled, whipping violently around the mountain.I’m on the brink of toppling into insanity. Hale and I have established a quiet routine, not having strayed from it for a single day. We don’t speak about much, keeping to ourselves most of the time. Tonight, I feel like causing trouble.I thought I would sleep early, but after an hour of glaring at the ceiling, I clamber out of bed, stalking toward where I know Hale will still be reading.Sure enough, he’s in the book room under a dim lap, eyes skimming the page while his finger mindlessly runs over the edge of the paper.I clear my throat. “Do you think I’m fuckable?”Startled, he looks up, gaze pinning me in place. I don’t flinch away, remaining where I linger in the doorway.“Woah…where is this coming from?” he murmurs.I don't know. Boredom, wanting to push a reaction
The Immortal Prince 26
-Mature Content Warning! Read At Your Own Discretion!*~VaelaI wander into the dining room, fatigue weighing down upon me mercilessly.Hale’s eyes glitter as I sit opposite him at the table. "Good morning.""Morning,” I grumble in response.I don’t feel well. Not sick, but my entire body feels tight, uncomfortable. I know Hale notices, watching me intently as I lean back in my seat, uninterested in any of the food at the table."You don't appear to have slept very well last night." He’s not asking. He’s making it obvious he knows, teasing me into his sick game. I’m not in the mood to play it.My jaw settles into a hard line. "Had other things on my mind."The edge of his mouth tilts up. Bastard."Well then. Any plans for the rest of the day?" He asks, stiring a small spoon through his coffee, eyes never leaving mine."Not particularly."He takes a sip of his drink. "I think I may do some painting.""Good for you."I can't believe I heeded his warning last night. Had I any sense of d
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~VaelaI stare up at the ceiling, my mind entirely numb.“That was…” I draw off.Hale leans on his side, looking over me. “Intense?”“Yeah, yeah it was,” I breathe. My body is still reeling, struggling to piece together the state it was in before Hale thoroughly wrecked it.He did it so effortlessly too, stoic and unbothered the entire day. He’s thought about this, I can tell. I’m not sure for how long, but he’s considered what he would do to me the moment I came to want him.“I know," he murmurs.“That’s why you made me wait?” I sweep my hair back through my sweaty hair, noting the devious glint in his eyes.“Worth it?”I nod numbly. “I think so.”“Good girl.”“If you can do that with just your fingers on just the outside of my clothes…” I break off, unsure if I can even conceptualise such a situation. Not once did our skin brush, yet that was an overwhelming experience.His jaw clenches slightly, and he looks down to where my fingers fidget with the edge of the sheet. “Let’s hope yo
The Immortal Prince 28
~VaelaI wish I knew what it was with Pureblood and mountainous ranges.It appears Sinful is an enjoyer of the quiet too, considering his magnificent manor is perched atop a flat mountain, looking over a few villages dotted about.Now I'm looking at him, and he’s exactly as I pictured.He's tall and slender, the graceful lines of his face at odds with his amused smile, lavender coloured eyes tracing over me with as much judgment as I inflict on him."This isn't a casual visit, I'm afraid." There's a firmness in Hale's tone, setting an immediate boundary.Sinful ignores him, still looking at me."I have a feeling this has something to do with you," he purrs. My throat tightens under his scrutiny. Being so vulnerable to powerful people has become commonplace for me recently, and yet I'm still utterly terrified.As calmly as possible, I straighten. "I'm Vaela.""Mortal, huh?" He rests his arm against the doorframe, still grinning."Not by choice,” I mutter."She fell into the spell I mad
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~VaelaI stare at the bed, wondering how it’s possibly going to get any sleep tonight.My eyes stay locked on the door as I undress, slipping into some nightclothes I found in the top drawer of the dresser. I don’t suspect Sinful will wander in expectantly, but he is Lust.A knock on the door sends me rushing from the bed I had just clambered into.Slowly, I open the door, peering out.I nearly collapse with relief. It's Hale.Swinging the door open, I examine him. He's dressed in a dark coat, making his silvers eyes more vivid. For a fleeting moment, I'm convinced he's come to my room to seduce me, although that vanishes in a moment as I come to my senses."Come on," he summons, nodding toward the hallway."Huh?""Let's go for a walk,” he prompts.Peering past him, I see nothing but an empty hallway, and silent house. No Sinful, ready to taunt and tease me about my feelings for Hale."Where?" I ask thickly.Hale’s eyes are dark and searching. "Outside. The view is stunning from up he
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~VaelaMy hands drag over the craggy cave walls as I struggle my way into the part of the cave Hale retreats to when he wants to paint.Sure enough, a brush is in his hand, as he crouches down, working on a particularly detailed aspect at the bottom of the painting. It's a night sky. It hurts to look at, knowing I haven't seen one in quite a few weeks.I seat my hands in my pockets. "I've made a decision."Hale straightens, dumping his brush on his metal tray. "Is that right?""I want to go out again," I decide.Finding my mate has nothing to do with this now. What I need is a distraction that isn't Hale. Being around him in most of my waking moments is getting to be too much, and with Will gone and Eyla busy, I need fresh company.Hale rubs his hands together, fingers stained with midnight purple and cobalt blue. "For how long?"I chew on my lower lip. "Not long. Just a night.""A night? You may get sick..." he frowns."Okay, for a small portion of the night, then," I sigh. I wish I
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